Where does “vivisepulture” come from?

vivisepulture (English) comes from English sepulture, from Middle English sepulture, from Old French sepulture, from Latin sepultūra, from Latin sepelio — I bury, inter; I burn on a funeral pyre; I...

vivisepulture (English): The practice of burying someone alive

Definitions

  1. The practice of burying someone alive

Ancestry of “vivisepulture”, step by step

vivisepulture traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English sepulture

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsepultureThe act of sepulchring, committing the remains of...
2Middle Englishsepulture—
3Old Frenchsepulture—
4LatinsepultūraA burial, funeral, interment, a sepulchering
5LatinsepelioI bury, inter; I burn on a funeral pyre; I...

via Latin vīvus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvīvusalive, living
2Proto-Italicgʷīwosalive, living
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷih₃wósalive, living
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷeih₃w-to live
Every word from Latin sepelio →Every word from Latin sepultūra →Every word from Old French sepulture →